Safavid Persian soldiers in illustrations from the Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp, 1522-1540 (http://warfare.likamva.in/Renaissance/1522-Shahnama_of_Tahmasp.htm)
From the portion of the manuscript in the Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran.
Manuchihr leads his army to fight Salm and Tur (http://warfare.likamva.in/Renaissance/1522-Manuchihr_leads_his_army_to_fight_Salm_and_Tur-f54v.htm)
Rustam pulls the King of Sham from his saddle by lasso (http://warfare.likamva.in/Renaissance/1522-Rustam_pulls_the_King_of_Sham_from_his_saddle_by_lasso.htm)
Siyavush defeats Garsivaz (http://warfare.likamva.in/Renaissance/1522-Siyavush_defeats_Garsivaz-f168v.htm)
Farud and Tukhvara view the Iranians from a mountain top (http://warfare.likamva.in/Renaissance/1522-Farud_and_Tukhvara_view_the_Iranians_from_a_mountain_top-f229v.htm)
Farud shoots Tus' horse from under him (http://warfare.likamva.in/Renaissance/1522-Farud_shoots_Tus_horse_from_under_him-f232v.htm)
Kamus fights Giv and Tus (http://warfare.likamva.in/Renaissance/1522-Kamus_fights_Giv_and_Tus-f263r.htm)
Rustam overturns Chingish by seizing the tail of his horse (http://warfare.likamva.in/Renaissance/1522-Rustam_overturns_Chingish_by_seizing_the_tail_of_his_horse-f272v.htm)
Detail of horse from Rustam kills Gahar Gahani (http://warfare.likamva.in/Renaissance/1522-Rustam_kills_Gahar_Gahani-f281r-detail.htm)
Rustam fights Kafur the Cannibal (http://warfare.likamva.in/Renaissance/1522-Rustam_fights_Kafur_the_Cannibal-f286v.htm)
Kay Khusrau kills Shida (http://warfare.likamva.in/Renaissance/1522-Kay_Khusrau_kills_Shida-f360v.htm)
Iskandar kills the Fur of Hind (http://warfare.likamva.in/Renaissance/1522-Iskandar_kills_the_Fur_of_Hind-f496r.htm)
Bahram Chubina kills the fleeing Sava Shah (http://warfare.likamva.in/Renaissance/1522-Bahram_Chubina_kills_the_fleeing_Sava_Shah-f671v.htm)
(http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=10502&d=1375164077)
This manuscript of the Shah-nameh is the most sumptuous one ever produced. Containing scores of paintings where other sixteenth-century Shah-nameh manuscripts contain a dozen, the Houghton Shah-nameh (identified by the name of a previous owner, Arthur A. Houghton, Jr.) is thought to have been commissioned about 1522 by Shah Isma'il, the founder of the Safavid dynasty, as a present for his son, Prince Tahmasp. Court artists and craftsmen continued their work on the 759 folios for the better part of two decades; as a consequence, the book offers a fascinating mixture of artistic styles.
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Safavid Persian soldiers in illustrations from the Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp, 1522-1540 (http://warfare2.netai.net/Renaissance/1522-Shahnama_of_Tahmasp.htm)
Druzhina
Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers (http://warfare.atspace.eu/index.htm)
Jaw dropping colour and details.
Quote from: mad lemmey on 31 July 2013, 08:31:56 AM
Jaw dropping colour and details.
Just a bit Will....Those are almost 500 years old ?......Stroll on !!
Cheers - Phil
love this kind of topic with great image resources. Thanks Druzhinna
I had one folio marked with a probable title as 'Rustam pulls the King of Sham from his saddle by lasso'.
It has now been identified as 'Rustam captures and kills Kamus' (http://warfare.likamva.in/Renaissance/1522-Rustam_captures_and_kills_Kamus.htm)
Druzhina
Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers (http://warfare.likamva.in/index.htm)
That's going to hurt in the morning! ;D